Improved holder foe whitewash brushes



@einen gisten jstmtt @time ANTHONY SKE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSGNOR TO ltllriSltLl? AND CHARLES JOSEPH WALSER, OF SAME PLACE.

Lezers Patent No. 69,097, dated fa'epfemwr Q1., 1867.

IMPROVED HOLDER FOR WHITEWSH BRUSHES,

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY ISKE, of Lancaster, in the county ot'Lancaster', and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulCombined Holder for Whitewash Brushes and the lilie, in order to adjustthem to any desired position; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description oi' the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview of the holdet` connecting the brush and handle.

Figure 2, the several parts shown detached.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a joined connection oftwo parts moving on each other on a central axis, one part connectedwith the brush, the other with the handle, in such a manner that thebrush can be set at any desired angle, from horizontal to vertical, withease, and applicable to any brush or length of handle, and that may beremoved from a worn-out brush to a new one. i

To enable others skilled in the business to malte and use my invention,l will proeeed to describe its construction and operation.

Fig. 2 illustrates my plate A, which is aiz-:ed by two screws to the endof the brash. 1lhis pleite has a. central vertical rounded flange, witha peg or pin, I), near the base. ri"he portion for the handle has asocket, E, and disk, B, provided with Cog-like teeth on the uppercircular edge, or a series of hotes may be made, as shown in B. Thespace between the teeth or holes is inade t'or the reception of the pinP on the counterpart A. The lange or disk a of A, of a size to matehnthedish or ilange B, perforated in the centre for a thumbserew, C, with itswasher D, a female screw-thread being` eut into the perforation in A.

'.lhe operation is such that when the screw is slachened so as toseparate the disks A B in order to turn the brush, so that the peg willenter the desired notch or hele, the parts are drawn tightly together,and the parts will be as firm in the adjusted position as if heldpermanently by a rivet.

y means of this device any whitewash brush can be used, o1' so much ofthe wood, usually required for the handle, sawcd oit` as will decreasethe weight as much as or more than thatof the socket and fiat plates A Bcombined, and itiafi'ords a greater range of adjustment in the brush tothe handle than when the end and side holes only can be used, as in theordinary whitewash brush; besides, the handle is more iirmly held inplace, and the socket is equally well adapted for a long er shorthandle. The appliance is easiiy transferred from a worn-out brush to anew one. Other advantages are apparent; the ordinary eye of the brushfrequently ,splits ont by forcing in the handle, and the smaller eye onthe end is not well adapted to hold the handle when used vertically.

I ain aware that sockets have been employed, but not with a view to theadjust-ability ot" the brush.

What I-claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 'lhc combination of the disk A provided with stationary pin l), thenotchedor perforated disk B and the tighteningscrew (i, whenConstructed, applied` and operating substantially as described.

Witnesses:

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